749: The terror of Dao Jie, the divine light of chaos

Sitting cross-legged on the Creation Green Lotus, Gu Qing's expression suddenly changed the moment he entered a meditative state.

"What's wrong?"

The Starry Sacred Mother asked with concern.

"It seems my Three Tribulations and Five Declines are about to descend."

Gu Qing had a premonition, a celestial-human sensing, that in another ten thousand years, the Three Tribulations and Five Declines would arrive.

"Don't panic. With us protecting your Dao, plus your own talent and luck, overcoming the tribulation will be easy. Nothing will happen."

The Starry Sacred Mother calculated the time, and indeed, Gu Qing's Three Tribulations and Five Declines were due.

Such things are unavoidable.

Although under the Three Tribulations and Five Declines, all beings are equal, the stronger the foundation, the stronger the tribulation.

However, she had prepared early, sending a wisp of her Dao thought into the Limitless Secret Realm and finding two myriad tribulation fruits.

While the myriad tribulation fruits couldn't completely negate Gu Qing's Three Tribulations and Five Declines, they could sustain his life. Coupled with the massive amount of Three Lights Divine Water she condensed to cleanse his Dao body, overcoming the Five Declines would only be a matter of time.

As for the Human Tribulation, with her and Youmeng present, Gu Qing could safely pass through the Human Dao's killing tribulation.

The remaining two tribulations could only be faced by Gu Qing himself; outsiders couldn't help even if they wanted to.

"What exactly do the Three Tribulations and Five Declines look like?" Gu Qing's expression shifted as he asked, still uneasy.

"The Five Declines mean that your magic power, Dao fruit, origin, physique, and soul... will all fall into decline. If you can't overcome it, you will die in that decline."

"As for the Three Tribulations, they are the Human Tribulation, the Heavenly Tribulation, and the Dao Tribulation."

"The Human Tribulation is a man-made disaster. The Heavenly Tribulation will send down karmic fire to burn away one's sins, as well as heavenly lightning for cleansing, and tests of inner demons, and so on."

"The Dao Tribulation is more special; it has no fixed tests. Everything varies from person to person."

In fact, the Starry Sacred Mother was most worried about the Dao Tribulation, which was also the most difficult hurdle among the Three Tribulations and Five Declines.

Because the Dao Tribulation is a punishment sent down by the Great Dao, testing one's own Dao, and the punishments it sends down are bizarre and varied.

The most common is the Three Transformations of the Dao Fruit.

First, the Dao fruit mutates to produce other Great Dao laws, conflicting with one's own Great Dao. In severe cases, the Dao fruit self-destructs.

Second, it decays. What was originally a Dao fruit of the Supreme Great Dao decays into a Dao fruit of a minor Dao.

That is to say, if your original Dao fruit was level ten, it would be cut down by the Great Dao to level one.

Third, the Dao fruit fission. One's perfectly complete Dao fruit splits into countless Dao fruits. If one cannot re-integrate the Dao fruits in time, the fissioned Dao fruits will develop self-awareness, forming a life form unrelated to the main body.

These life forms have no primary or secondary distinction; it all depends on who wins in the end, who devours all the fissioned Dao fruits, and who becomes the sole true self.

Besides these, there are many other strange Dao Tribulations, some extremely perilous, others incredibly simple.

Some people pass the Dao Tribulation without even realizing it, but the probability of such a Dao Tribulation is too small, almost negligible.

Since ancient times, eight or nine out of ten cultivators who passed the Human Tribulation, Heavenly Tribulation, and Five Declines ultimately perished under the Dao Tribulation.

Those who can pass the Dao Tribulation are truly one in ten.

However, even if Gu Qing were told about this in advance, it would be useless; he would still have to experience it himself.

Rather than making Gu Qing anxious and uneasy all day, it was better for him not to know.

"Is that so...?"

Gu Qing frowned deeply, wondering if the Chaotic Treasure Bottle could melt down the Dao Tribulation, as well as the other tribulations and the Five Declines.

But he couldn't pin all his hopes on the Chaotic Treasure Bottle.

Gu Qing cherished his life greatly and needed to make several preparations.

The best scenario would be to have peak combat power even when in extreme weakness.

After pondering for a long time, Gu Qing suddenly thought of the Light of the Universe, which was both a magic treasure and a divine ability.

As long as he could activate it, he could unleash peak combat power.

Of course, the prerequisite was to completely refine the Light of the Universe.

And the Light of the Universe is a mid-tier Chaotic Spiritual Treasure, containing the profound truths of the universe.

It possesses the power to create heaven and earth; a single ray of light can create a universe, giving birth to all living things, and likewise, it can destroy heaven and earth, possessing unparalleled destructive power.

With Gu Qing's current strength, it was impossible to completely refine the Light of the Universe.

However, Gu Qing had a way to use Chaotic Immeasurable to reverse-engineer the secret method for conceiving the Light of the Universe, and then conceive a divine light that perfectly matched his own Great Dao.

Besides that, it would be best if his cultivation realm also broke through.

Thinking this, Gu Qing immediately took out the Light of the Universe and the Universe Clock, scanning their profound mysteries with his Dao Pupil, while simultaneously deducing with Chaotic Immeasurable.

After a while, Gu Qing deduced the method for conceiving the Chaotic Divine Light. He pushed the two treasures to the Starry Sacred Mother and immediately performed the secret art.

The Starry Sacred Mother knew that Gu Qing had many supreme treasures, so she accepted the two supreme treasures without demur and began to refine them within her body.

Gu Qing refined the Master God's origin sealed within his body while conceiving the Chaotic Divine Light.

Three thousand years flowed by leisurely.

Gu Qing suddenly opened his eyes, and a blazing profound light burst forth from them.

He raised his hand and struck out a beam of light. The beam shot up into the sky, and wherever it went, space-time and all Daos shattered, sweeping away all things.

The vast ancient stars within the cave abode were instantly melted into nothingness by the Chaotic Divine Light.

Just as it was about to trigger the entire grand formation, Gu Qing retracted the Chaotic Divine Light.

"Excellent, excellent!"

Gu Qing was quite satisfied with the power of the Chaotic Divine Light.

Of course, this was only from Gu Qing's perspective. If viewed by the outside world, it would be an existence that defied the heavens.

The Chaotic Divine Light possessed the power to destroy all Daos, sweep away all things, and create all things.

Furthermore, the Chaotic Divine Light had another heaven-defying ability: it could autonomously increase its power as his strength improved.

"With the Chaotic Divine Light, plus the Profound Fire Treasure Mirror, I can still sweep through the Celestial-Human realm unrivaled."

Gu Qing then continued to refine the origins of Tian Xu and others, fully pushing towards the twelfth-level bottleneck.

Gu Qing was already at the peak of the eleventh level. Coupled with his unparalleled comprehension, Gu Qing only took three years to grasp the profound mysteries of the twelfth level and break through in one go.

He then spent several thousand years stabilizing his realm and fully comprehending the profound mysteries of the twelfth level.

But it was all worth it.

At higher realms, each level is a new heaven.

Gu Qing was at least dozens of times stronger than when he was at the eleventh level.

"Is my disciple still going into seclusion?" The Starry Sacred Mother opened her eyes and asked softly.

"The great tribulation is approaching. I want to help Master improve her cultivation."

The time for the Three Tribulations and Five Declines to descend was only a few years away; what's the point of going into seclusion now?

Discussing the Dao while holding his soft and fragrant Master was the real business.

Gu Qing picked up his Master by the waist and left the cultivation cave abode.

"Slap!"

"Don't talk nonsense."

The Starry Sacred Mother angrily slapped his arm, a faint blush appearing on her gentle and beautiful face, her eyes flowing with a subtle anticipation.

Gu Qing felt that his Master at this moment was like a troublesome little succubus.

Every frown and smile exuded both nobility and elegance, along with infinite charm.

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